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SIXTY SIXTH YEAR
VOL. LXVI.
BARNWELL,'S.'CV, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 'lSlfi
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THE WEEK IN WAR.
Marine Corps Sustains Reputation—
Germany Must Win in Next
' Three Months or Lose War.
Events in the theatre of war
move vet$’ slowly indeed. The
reader would like to see the
whole affair closed up and foi*
lowed by a profound peace. Be
fore this can come the national
resources of one side-oi* the other
must be' exhausted, and this will
take a long time. The Allies are
willhqg to have peace.on the con-
-ditioti that the military elements
in Germany who brought on the
wa'r be ejected finally and for all
time from poweX The Teutonic
powers, want to mle the earth
and impose their wuhon pros
trate nations as they are x doing
today in. Russia. It is a duel to
the death betweei the opposing
nations. It is not therefore a
question of the waning or los
ing of a battle or even the gain
or loss of. territory except as
these may be factors in the tinal
struggle in which one side or the
other will go down in crushing
aii<l exhausted defeat. . Looking
back over tlie four years of war
we can clearly >ee Germany’s,
plans and hopes. Imagine a
big burly fellow id a tight with
two men neither^! which can
stand beside his partner. The
. bully hopes to deal uqie a.cruslu
ing blow and .then' finish the
other at his pleasure.' Germany
thus tried to give, France, a
that they must fight. This in
general is the situation.shown
in the moves of this year, Ger
many has won battle torn ter
ritory, but has surely , drawn
nearer to her final defeat.
As their. .plans have become
apparent, General Foch knows
where the next blow will fall
and has disposed his troops to
meet it. In the Amiens offen
sive' the Germans penetrated
forty miles before they were
checked. In the second offen
sive they went to a depth of
twe.nty.-six miles. In the offen
sive this week they gained only
eight miles, and this has.been
the bloodiest battle of /the whole
war. It show's that the Allies are
equal in everyrespect to the best
that Germany can put before
them. Germany by a prodigal
wastage of soldiers has tried to
s.row' that this war must result
either in a German victory
or that ahe. will kill th£
last Allied soldier if it
takes every German ' soldier’s
life to accomplish this end.. By
their firm resistance the Allied
Soldiers are saying to Germany
•we are ready to die for,our
countries as your soldier^ are
-knockout blow brf' Russia got
'ready. Germany really had a
hot timC at first between-the ar-
• mies of Russia and France.
Fmgland““Wasn’t reedy With her
army. Italy.drew -ouu* of the
Teutonic forces -to ..meet her are
mies. As Franc* reached the
peak o. manpower her decline
was made good by England’s
armies.. Ge Pin any-had to lessen
her antagonists ~o khe seduced
Russia ami that left her one less
• battle ljjQp to hold. Rumania
being deserted had t^-make peace
also. Ou the other hand 0or-
many failed to secure Greece,
and Turkey, had its hand full in
protecting PalestibiKand Meso
potamia.. The,b^gir.ping of this
year saw Geilnany with a supe
the dance.” ' On the.whole the
week has been decidedly favora
ble to the Allies.
The submarine operations on
this side have added a few more
ships to their score making IS
in alii tha’t have been lost. This
will not in any sense affect our
war measures, por delay the
stream of soldiers and supplies
we are sending over. American
troops, have made their mark on
German soldiers during this
week. The marine corps has
fully sustained its high reputa
tion in an attack on some of the
best German troops. Our artil
lery work has won high praise
from the French who are the best
artillerists in the world. At home
preparations are hurried to get
to training camps the drafted
men for the second great army.
The leading officers in Washing-
ton believe that as stiq eiulous
as have been the battles of this
year that the supreme German
attac k is vet to come and will be
REV. W. L. HAYES FATALLY
, INJURED.
Well Known Baptist Clergyman Dies
In Petersburg Hospital After Be
ing Seriously Hurt by Auto
Turning Over.
ilichmoiid, Va., .June 18.—
The "Ryv- William L. Hayes,
Baptist otetgyman, of Barnwell,
S. C., fpr.i erl)Oocated at Ma
rion, S. C., and at^Sanford^ N.
C., died at a Peteisburg-iiospita!
today as a result, of injuriW^uis-
t a in eel in an automobile acci
dent yesterday while on his way
from Richmond to Camp Lee
with his oldest son, Charming,
and a party of^seveial friends,.
When the car, a Ford with
ilis soil at the wheel., was
within several miles of Peters
burg, it suddenly swerved from
the road, turning over twice,
but, strange to say, no out was
hurt. The clergyman, after
the machine ha<ebeen righted,
began driving it himself. There
•was-something the matter with
the steering gear and it soon
turned over again. This time,
he was caught under the car
and though apparently lie was
not .seriously hurt lie lapsed
CAMPAICN PARTY AT BARNWELL
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Crowd of Abnnt Five Hundred U*trn to Ap
peal* to be De»r ‘‘Peepul.”
~ The State^ campaign opened to-day
at Barnwell under favorable auspi
ces. Not as large a crowd present as
was expected in view' of the fact that
heavy rains fell yesterday, and it was
thought the farmers would find it too
wet to plow and in that consequence a
large crowd would be present. It is es
timated that about five hundred com
posed the crowd.
The meeting , was called to order at
11:45 a. m. by E. A. Brown, Esq.,
County Chairman, and Rev. Dibble, of
Allendale, invoked divine blessing.
The candidates for governor spoke
firsq Lieut. Governor Andrew j. Be
thea leading off —
Mr. Bethea stated that he was op
posed to all “isms” except American
ism and patriqtism and that loyalty
and patriotism would be made the key
note of his campaign and that he was
against Prusaianism and Kaiserism.
He paid a tribute to President Wil
son whom he called the apostle of
SUGAR SALES REGULATED. ,
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Not More Tlito Two Pooids In Town and
five Pouodo in Country. >
Hoti.;;\Vni. - Elliott, Food
Admulistrator for this State,
has issued the fol.lwing order
goveruing/'the sales of sugar:
“Effective June 10, dealers
4n South Carolina, must observe
the following rules in
COURT CONVENES MONDAY,
JUNE 25TH.
selling
O
sugar;
TEXT OF K FLING.
i “Dealers must not sell
sugar for purposes'other than
canning and preserving fruits
and vegetables in lots of more
than two pounds to individuals
who reside in rural districts.
Summer Term of ibe Court dt Common Pie**
A two weeks term of court, for
the trial of civil cases only, will
convene here on Monday, June
24th. Monday, the first May of
court, is set apart for the hear
ing of motions and appeal cases
and the jurors are, therefore,
summoned to appear on Tues
day, the second day of the term,
Judge Hay fie F. will preside
The following is a list of the
jurors for the first and second
weeks:
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2 ‘.‘Dealers mustnot sell sugar Allendale: C. H. Morris, J. S. $peig
to any individual for canning
and preserving fruits and-veg-
getables in lots of more than
twenty-five pounds in any ohe
calendar month unless the
individual., secures permi-sson
in writing from the county
food administrator of thecounty
freedom and justice. “The winning ill which lie lives to purchase
wiUmg.» the eU ‘3k uncousciqusness after being
Gorman militarism, so on with taben to the Petersburg hospital
and died' presumably of an in
ternal hemorrhage in the re-
gion of the chest.
Other members of the party
escaped with slight injuries.
Mr. Hayes was 51 years old
and a son-in-law of M. R. Pace,
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widely known printer-of this
city. His wife, wlib was with
her parents here, hurried \ to
Petersburg upon learning of-
the accident and reaches his
bedside jut t“l efore he became
unconscious.
Mr. Hayes had a brother.
George Hayes, au.d two.married
sisters living in Charleston, S.
C. One of these is Mrs. Carl
Matthews. He was a native of
Petersburg, Va. The funeral
will be held here. '
The community was grievous-
ly shocked on Tuesday, last, to
receive notice of the accidental
killing of the Rev. W. L. Hayes,
pastor of the Baptist church at
Barnwell, in the tunhjmg over of
11 is automobile, while being
of the war,” he said, “is the supreme
issue. He would discourage the study
and speaking of German language.
Would encourage the Ware House sys
tem, free from politics; encourage-
agriculture and bring about political
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riontyJai un*n and guns a\aila- experienced in the next few
file for the Western front.' The
.increasing -flow o: American
troop- to France would put the
balance of superiority 011 thi* Al
lied side by the autumn of this
-year. German; hoped by enor-
Tinous co.iice.nt raiion- of troops
at selected "points t< separate the
allied armies., and crush them in
detail. 'Plus' plan would, if sue-
cess fit I, leave her f ee to ©rush
the partly, trai. ed AiiKTican
units as'they arrived. Each di
vision - that ai rives frojn us
makes German >uucess that
much move’ difficult. : Germany
must win in tire" next three
^rntmth
Ann
.places of Rumania and Russia,
Nuid the Allies together will
ffotilde team Germany into peace.
Already we have over 800,000
men in France. * Germany says
just copm bee at a time and 1 c i own and stopped with immense’
will whip you imv 1 he Allies! am , u , n . ibl(> , oss .
are -eyiu^ !''('•! inauy )OU ale. Koch's task was to hold them
it
..., , , . , — auy tinuiant
hght hut to make the world, a-: p , g ^ ^nifnlate thep. by
safe ptace'.to live t x 1 “ J
weeks.
The following editorial from
the New York Times is a fine
summary of the battle of last
week :
“The hardest fought battle of
the war has ended in German
defeat. General Foch Iras justi
fied his appointment. When ail
attacking partv dot's not realize
any of its objectives, it is de
feated. When in so 'failing it
ii;Cs up great (juaiitities of men
:pt a time when men are of value ;
when it loses a battle in circum-
stances_where time is precious,
the defeat is a" disaster. The
and moral reform in the State; believes
in -vocational training in schools; must
make democracy safe for South Car
olina; is always willing to trust the
people and would refer matters of
legislation to the delegations of the
respective counties and seek their ad
vice, would distribute public honors
rather than hand them out to a few.
He stated that he had had twelve
years in Governmental affairs and
would strive to enlist the cooperation
of every man, womart and child tp
make the world better.
T The next speaker was Hon. R. A.
Cooper, of Laurens.
He never made a promise to get a
vote nor one that Tie did not fulfill. If
elected he would be the servant of all
the people and would know no master
and be free from embarrassment. He
has been a Solicitor* for twelve years
and was four years in the General As
sembly. He would not indulge in an
attack on any man; would conduct a
clean campaign, stand on his record
and if others saw fit to assault him
he would take care of himself. There
is hut one issue that the people are
thinking about, talking aboq^ and
praying for and that is the war. It
is only consistent with our honor and
driven by himselfnear Peters-| our duty that war should have been
burg, \ a. ‘ i declared. We should- fight to make
Mr. Hayes had.been the pas- 1 our country morally clean as well as
tor of the Baptist church at this to w » ri the war. He-predicted that we
place
more than twenty-five pounds
pfer * month for canning or pre-
serving .fruits and vegetables
3. ;‘J>ea.l»*r» mutt lioifaiialtiiny
sugar to individuals for use in
banning and preserving fruits
and vegetables unless the in-
dividuTils till out and sign ’ a
hoTiie canner s certificate”.
The many friends of Miss
Bessie* Greene will regret to
learn of her accident which oe-
cured in Augusta last week, as
she went to get out of an. auto
mobile her foot slipped and re
sulted in a fall that broke her
hip bone. Wnile the injury is a
very painful one, it is' not
thought to be daughrous. She
was taken to a hospital, where
she will remain for treatment.
It is hoped that she ill soon re
cover.
ner, W. G. Williams.
Barnwell: S. J. Carroll, A. J. Oweiw,
W. A. Hayes, E. F. Woodward.
Blackville: W. G. Mathis. Geo. HL
Delk, Jas J. Ray, R. W. Warren, Chav
Grubbs, D. O. Fanning.
Bennett Springs; W. J. Harley, H. H.
Meyer, Claude Rountree.
Great Cypress: Frank Ready, J. J'. LT-
mer. .
Georges Creek: Maner Morris, O. H.
Morris, W. R. Baxley, J. A. Morris, J. C.
Black.
Red Oak: J. P. Harley, Jr., Harry: B.
Harley, Jos. Baxley.
Richland: Cha*. H. Green.
Sycamore: G. A. Best, C.'F. All, N.E.
Harter, D. S*’Cone.
Williston: R. R. Johnston, J. B. Lott,
B.O. SlanseU,!'reddie Bin, G. W. Thomp
son. “ , x
Second Wec-k— Allendale: J. A. Wide
man, J. R. Boy lesion, McRoy Bovles, O.
B. Carlton, C. C. Carter, F. Chavous, J.
S. Sanders.
Barnwell: Judson Black.
Blackville: J. H. Creech, F. W. Delk,
Herman Brown, W. A. Storne, I.. H.
Stilly H. H. Delk, D. P. Walsh. S. G.
Lowe, Q. S. Buist.
Ben nett-Spring: William Thompson.
Great Cypresa^ Otis Sanders, J. O.
Creech.
Georges Creek: V\'. H. Hutto, J. E.
Collins, C. H. Hutto, N. S. Black, Tobias
Black.
Rosemary: E. L. Birt.
Red Oak: D. L. Powell.
Richland; J. F. Rountree, W/H.
Dicks.
Sycamore; J.C.I.oadholt, J.W.Main,Jr.
Williston; W. C. Smith, IK, G. M.
Toole, O- N. Courtnev, T. C. Hair, T.
P. Mitchell.
th- il shu w \\iH~4vi+T. 1 Germans spent men prodigtilljq
•ricu will inote than take the q ie y fought with eight men to
they
the yard ; they threw in proba
bly .350,0(10 men; wiieii they
were repulsed in one direction
they turned to another, and
everywhere their-' attack ran
such a laiilde^s felloe till \nc are ; f 1T)m gating their objectives ; i
not llgluim; tor tne sake ol a was „ ot t0 Inake sl uy l.rillian
* h ‘< . I,ut . 10 i l,ake .|! le world a .plays, to anniiiilate them b;
fe piiico.to hve in. • ; cards suddenly pulled out of’lns
A‘glance a ..touiap shows ^ ye - T|)at maV com<
that bermauy^a %on extraor- later> u ut his present’task is
d.nanly >igb stakes in towns merel t0 c]ieckmat e them*. And
nnd lauds. Hite t.as paid as..a k . , )ln ^ nn( , it , l|nn(H , v
for it more than a million/
fives of German soldiers. Her
supreme hope is not the capture
of Paris or the channel ports,
but to force the Allies'to engage
in a pitched battle Which will be
~ settled iiFtlie route of one side
or the other. She believes that
- ‘if-flhe can bring ou thiVsupreme
contest before America getstheTe
with her forces- she will win.
The Allies, as a skilled boxet, Mr.Martin Best^of Camp Jack-
jield 'ground here and there son, was at home on a furlough
every time that Germany feels 1 a few days last week.
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He has done it bloodily, at their
expense. • Their earlier^ move
ment did not coH them any
thing like the number of men
this lias cost, and this failure is
the most complete of the whole*
war. ^ * . ;.-X
“Whatever the future may hold,
hats off to Foch for what he has
done today.”
for something over, live
years, and had endeared himself
to all of the citizenship of Barn
well and especially to the mem
bership of his church bv liisi uni-
form kindness and' cordialness
of manner and his deep and
sanctified reverence . in the .ad
ministration “of* his Christian
duty it'r-our midst. Always
cheerful, bright and happy lie
diffused these essences-among^t
all the people,, and by prece’pt
and example taught the iiighe-t , ,
SS6+1S of,religions perfortWEpnce. the ver-
would have to fiirht another war as
soon as this war is over and we should
not hold up in our preparations. He
said that he could not promise'- a re
duction of taxes Within the next few
years while the Government is be-
injr called upon to raise so much
ey for the war. However, taxes mfeht
be equalized so that the buqien would
rest equally upon all. can’t give
less td the old solificrs, and should
fiTive. more to ^the support of the
schools. We can't dispense with a
great many expenses hut-should eco-
nomU^f *IIe stated that in so far as
with a business-like system and suffi
cient clerical assistance could run the
whole system; that one out oTevety
twenty voters is holding a public of
fice. He then discussed the taking
system, showed how taxes had been
greatly increased within the past few
years and especially under~the pres
ent administration; that taxes had
been incheased from 5% mills in 1913
to 9Vj mills in 1918. “If we were get
ting the worth of our money and taxes
were equally distributed, I would say
nothing.” Will not say that creation
of Tax Commission was a mistake but
the basis on which they go is unjust
and inequitable. The Tax Commission
has decreased the taxation on corpo-
said, “piled down on a table for edu
cation until there should be a school
in every nook and corner of ou^ State.
He then.told the audience that he was
going to tell them something that
would jolt them, as they sometimes
needed a jolt: “I stand for higher tax
es; I mean more money to develop
this country/ He said he owned'a
farm in this county, made a good clear
profit but that when he went to pay
his taxes he felt ashamed o£/the a-
mount; that our taxes are not enough.
Five lawyers are pitted/ against two
farmery-lawyer old, lawyers young,
lawyers tender, lawyers tough and
thank Gpd we had lawjtrs enough. He
referred very feelingly to his old
friend. Senator Tillman^ and pledged ! rations and increased on agricultural-
him hi* support if every man, woman 1 lands. If elected will put full power
and child in S. C., opposed him. His of Government behind the cotton crop.
Reference to Senator Tillman and his Hon. Thos. II. Peeples was pext in
support of him met with hearty ap- troduced,:
plause from the audience. Mr. Peeples, being a native of this
He is Scotch, Irish and. English too. ; County, was received with applause.
Full blood’ American, through and He stated in the beginning that he was
through. ■ 4 % j without scrip or purse or the support
Mr. John T. Duncan was the next of a newspaper coalition; that he was
free from factionalism and unpreju
diced. He argued that'economy must.
absolutely walking in. the 1foot
steps of the. Master.
Never lias the church had a
diets of juries, although it is some
tirpes necessary to correct mistakes
and injustice honestly done; that ; he
realized he would make mistakes as
more beloved and/Carnest pas- all others had done hut they would
tor whose plaetMvill be hard to
be filled:
His funeral was held on
T11 u/sday .2p.m. Rev.. \Y. .\I.
JoheSf Ot Williston, a life long
friend, ' officiating, and -as
sisted'bv all of the ministers of
the community aiuL-elsewhere,
including the, Rev. Mr. Peeler of
the Methodist church, Rev. Mr.
Morgan of the Episcopal church,
Rev. J; D. Huggins of Denmark,
and -attended by a large^con-
course of people', bearing tri
bute in the most loving manuer
to the loss the community has
sustained, and the hearts of the
people, with pne accord, go
out to his wife and the other
bereaved members of his family
inHhis their great affliction.
Simultanesouly with this
ceremony, a similar ceremony
was held uk Richmond, Vaq
the home State of Mr. Hayes,
at which place the interment
was had. *-
grow out of honest effort to discharge
duty. «.
He believes With Thoftias Jefferson
that a “candidate’s fitness for office
should be measured, 1st by his com
petency;. 2nd his worthiness of the
honor conferred, and 3rd, his faith
fulness to the trust reposed. ’’Vote
for your country ”
Mr. John Madison BesChamps next
addressed the audience.
While Mr. DesChamps was serious,
a vein" of humor ran through his ad
dress to the amusement of the audi
ence. His country needed him and he
had responded to the call. His loyal
ty to our country and to the Chief
Executive had never been questioned
and President Wilson was in a posi
tion to testify to this. He stands for
a Democratic South Carolina in re
ability for a clean Court House,
clean Magistrates and an impartial
administration. H„e stands for an ed
ucated South Carolina and for univer
sal education, for the education of
every white man, red man and black
matt, and woman as well. . “Appro
priations should be piled down,” he
speaker. He said he had \yritten his
speech and would read Lt to the audi :
ence. having furnished a copy to the b* Practiced efficiently as well ^s in
newspaper correspondents and if you
would notice tomorrow’s papers you
would find that “Duncan also spoke.”
When Mr, Duncan had concluded,
the Chairman announced to the au
dience that all of the speakers had
been invited by Hon. Wilmot T. Riley,
Mayor of Allendale, to make address
es at Allendale tonight.'
Hon John L. McLaUrin w*as the next
speaker. -
He referred to Mr. Bethea as being
young,within,the draft age and unmar-
I ried, and, therefore, he should don the
dmdually. Taxes have increased, but
offices have been created that have
been of no benefit to the State. He
promised, if elected, that .his office
should'ever be open to every man and
that none should be tu r ned away with
out a hearing and th.T. justice sjiould
be denied to no man. Will see that all
laws are obeyed and that moral law 1 *
are enforced; that he believes in a
State-wide compulsory educational
law and with District exemption upon
petition. ......
Favored a State ware house con-
khaki and go to the front. Mr. Bethea ducted on k.business basis free ffom
announced from the platform that he P°J*h cs • air( I believed it would be of
had volunteered his service. Mr. Me- T eat a d van *a£® to the farmers; prom-
Laui;in then said thaGthe women of * se( * ^ elected he would see to thw
South Carolina Jiad more sense than
he thought they had and more was the
enactment ’or would inaugurate some
system fixing the status and Certainty
reason why Mr. Bethea go to the front of farm labor - He stated that this was
Referring to Mr. Cooper he said that, for factionalism and strife
he (Mr. Cooper) had been a lawyer amonjf the People left at home but a
all his.Jife and that he knows nothing ! time for ^ exercise of statesmanship,
oY finance and economies and doesn’t ^ or brotherhood and equality of rights
know how to reduce taxes. He assert- amon K *nen. Genera) Peeples has
ed that taxes were too high and could *erved the people as Attorney General
be reduced. He- said that there were 1 8 ^%£ pa l years part with eredit te
agents of one kind of a bureau or de- • *fi m *eli and with satisfaction to the
partment of the State crossing each P*°Pl e throughout this great State/ *
Hon. John G. Richards spoke next.
Spoke of his legislative experience
and his term of years as Railroad
Commissioner feeling that this expert
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other in putoihobiles sll over the State
while the State was deriving no real
benefit frodn their services; that we
have too many officers and' bureaus
and departments and that one man
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